tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post4835150182829335266..comments2011-10-25T17:20:49.727-07:00Comments on En Tequila Es Verdad: Hook 'em While They're YoungDana Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-27051282656208933692011-08-18T16:54:26.523-07:002011-08-18T16:54:26.523-07:00Riffing on Suzanne&#39;s comment, Dana, have you e...Riffing on Suzanne&#39;s comment, Dana, have you ever considered becoming a science journalist? I don&#39;t know how it compares to the call center as far as income goes, and it might (or might not) eat into fiction-writing time... but you&#39;d be damn good at it.Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03079852628674185384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-91804525405837722552011-08-18T16:51:43.575-07:002011-08-18T16:51:43.575-07:00I&#39;ve been half-timing my geology education for...I&#39;ve been half-timing my geology education for eight years now, and over that time I&#39;ve noticed that our small department has acquired a non-trivial number of undergraduate majors by virtue of people taking an upper division non-major class like &quot;Geology of California&quot;, &quot;Earthquakes and Volcanoes&quot; or &quot;Prehistoric Life&quot; and saying, oh, this is cool! This is so much more interesting that what I thought I was here for! I&#39;m going to study geology (or science ed)!<br /><br />It&#39;s not just youth that counts, it&#39;s getting them when they&#39;re in &quot;learning mode&quot;. Little kids are 24/7 in learning mode. College students can be reluctantly nudged into learning mode, but they&#39;re typically young enough to be excited when they get there. <br /><br />Among other adults, it&#39;s sadly (but not universally) lacking; certainly you, Dana, are not lacking! <br /><br />One of my joys is being married to a lifelong learner.Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03079852628674185384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-38532457595393531422011-08-18T10:24:46.949-07:002011-08-18T10:24:46.949-07:00I absolutely could not agree more.
When I was wor...I absolutely could not agree more.<br /><br />When I was working on my first degree, my youngest brother&#39;s teacher asked e to speak to his Grade 1 and 2 class about dinosaurs. Packing up a small box of the fossils I&#39;d managed to collect/buy to take down to his school, I wondered what it&#39;d be like...<br /><br />I&#39;ve got to say, there&#39;s nothing like seeing all the stuff you&#39;re so familiar with all over again for the first time, through the eyes of a young child. <br /><br />I&#39;ve been meaning to comment for a while now, as you&#39;ve mentioned before you&#39;re really just learning all of this stuff on your own, but I&#39;m graduating this year with my 2nd degree (this time a proper geology degree)) and would be more than happy to help someone else learn all the things I&#39;ve had the last few years. Let me know!Ubermooglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410942434402230599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-88109083100795026342011-08-18T08:27:27.901-07:002011-08-18T08:27:27.901-07:00Nice blog posting and I am having a great time sha...Nice blog posting and I am having a great time sharing rocks with my four grandchildren! Thanks for telling everyone about this.Wayne Ranneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571579037328414935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-79390804790802883592011-08-18T00:36:53.469-07:002011-08-18T00:36:53.469-07:00well done dana. you have a gift -- you can explai...well done dana. you have a gift -- you can explain something so that it can be understood. <br /><br />when baby jujube is old enough for rocks, i want her eyes and mind to be opened to them by youSuzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10304929560878904921noreply@blogger.com